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Cole Porter: A Biography

William McBrien

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Description:From the front flap of this 459 page "The most richly told biography we have had of one of the most important and beguiling composer/lyricists of the twentieth century - the incomparable Cole Porter, whose songs were the essence of wit and sophistication and whose life was marked by tragedy, courage, sorrow, and secrecy. McBrien reveals the private his privileged Indiana youth; his years at boarding school and Yale. At age 28 Porter had his first Broadway hit. McBrien's biography takes us beyond the patina of Porter's very public career, beyond the high and low aristocratic worlds of Venice, beyond the opulent parties and costume balls. [The writer] takes us into Porter's seemingly conventional marriage to reveal his complicated emotional life - the lost, privileged man who had a wild, irrepressible talent to amuse but at first couldn't find his voice; the man who married 'the most beautiful woman in the world', the very social, very southern Linda Lee Thomas, but who preferred his own sex. He had long relationships as well as frequent dalliances with many men but for thirty-five years maintained a loving marriage to the woman he truly adored. We see the supremely gifted Porter who created twenty musicals on Broadway; who gave Hollywood nine beloved musicals. Porter was 'the top' and lived at the top but his life was catastrophically transformed after a near-fatal horseback-riding accident. Interweaving the life and the music, McBrien shows us a man whose genius as a composer flowered in deceptively simple melodies that were thought to be completely modern but today are considered ingenious, complicated and steeped in the nineteenth century tradition of lieder; a composer whose craft concealed complicated solutions to musical problems while it enchanted his audiences. And we come to understand how Porter's doubts and desires, longings and infatuations, insinuated their way into the heart of his incomparable words and music." Illustrated with photos.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cole Porter: A Biography. To get started finding Cole Porter: A Biography, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: From the front flap of this 459 page "The most richly told biography we have had of one of the most important and beguiling composer/lyricists of the twentieth century - the incomparable Cole Porter, whose songs were the essence of wit and sophistication and whose life was marked by tragedy, courage, sorrow, and secrecy. McBrien reveals the private his privileged Indiana youth; his years at boarding school and Yale. At age 28 Porter had his first Broadway hit. McBrien's biography takes us beyond the patina of Porter's very public career, beyond the high and low aristocratic worlds of Venice, beyond the opulent parties and costume balls. [The writer] takes us into Porter's seemingly conventional marriage to reveal his complicated emotional life - the lost, privileged man who had a wild, irrepressible talent to amuse but at first couldn't find his voice; the man who married 'the most beautiful woman in the world', the very social, very southern Linda Lee Thomas, but who preferred his own sex. He had long relationships as well as frequent dalliances with many men but for thirty-five years maintained a loving marriage to the woman he truly adored. We see the supremely gifted Porter who created twenty musicals on Broadway; who gave Hollywood nine beloved musicals. Porter was 'the top' and lived at the top but his life was catastrophically transformed after a near-fatal horseback-riding accident. Interweaving the life and the music, McBrien shows us a man whose genius as a composer flowered in deceptively simple melodies that were thought to be completely modern but today are considered ingenious, complicated and steeped in the nineteenth century tradition of lieder; a composer whose craft concealed complicated solutions to musical problems while it enchanted his audiences. And we come to understand how Porter's doubts and desires, longings and infatuations, insinuated their way into the heart of his incomparable words and music." Illustrated with photos.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cole Porter: A Biography. To get started finding Cole Porter: A Biography, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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